All birds construct nests in which to lay eggs and/or raise offspring. Traditionally, it was
thought that natural selection and the requirement to minimize the risk of predation …

Bird Nests and Construction Behaviour provides a broad view of our understanding of the
biology of the nests, bowers and tools made by birds. It illustrates how, among vertebrates …

Nest building is an important and yet under-studied stage of the reproductive cycle in many
taxa, including birds, and whilst we have a decent understanding of interspecific variation in …

Many species of birds line their nests with feathers, presumably because of the insulative
qualities of feathers and because feathers may act as a barrier between nest parasites and …

Mercury is a heavy metal that has contaminated countless ecosystems throughout the world.
A large body of literature has documented reproductive, physiological, and behavioral …

The nest environment can have important influences on incubation behavior and nestling
development in birds. Nest thermal properties, particularly nest composition and size, can …

Nest microclimate, particularly temperature, can affect energy balance of both parents and
offspring. Here I investigate patterns of correlation between internal temperatures of artificial …

Maintaining avian eggs and young at optimum temperatures for development can increase
hatching success and nestling condition, but this maintenance requires parental energetic …

1. The transmission mode and reproductive rates of a parasite are usually associated with its
virulence. In this study, two experiments were carried out to quantify horizontal transmission …

Many species of birds line their nests with feathers, and it has been hypothesized that this
functions to provide a thermally stable microenvironment for the development of eggs and …